The East Devon village of Beer was named runner-up in a competition to find the UK’s best village.

Beer went head-to-head with Mousehole and Polperro in Cornwall, Aberdon in North Wales, and Colwinston in the Vale of Glamorgan to reach the Village of the Year final as it was named the best village in the South of the UK.

Sun and the blue seas return to Beer, East Devon (Image: Steve Roberts)

On Saturday night, in the grand final of the Channel 4 show, Beer took on Broughshane (Northern Ireland), Hampstead Norreys (Berkshire) and Bamburgh (Northumberland) to battle it out to be named Village of the Year and to secure the £10,000 prize money in the Channel 4 show.